HOW WILL THE MUMBAI CROWD BEHAVE IN WANKHEDE STADIUM TODAY? - IPL 2024

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This year, countrywide there has been a backlash against Mumbai Indians after the change in captaincy of the team was announced. The unrest is more as fans and spectators believe that Rohit Sharma has been treated badly as he does not seem to have been kept in the loop when the Mumbai Franchise decided to purchase Hardik Pandya from Gujarat Franchise apart from the auction.

This move has not gone down well with the fans of MI. Today, 1st April is the first home game of MI in IPL 2024. It is expected that  Hardik Pandya would get a hostile reception from the crowd in the stadium. We saw the frenzy in the opening game of MI in Ahmedabad. The chants of “Hamara Captain kaisa ho, Rohit Sharma jaisa ho” reverberated in the stadium.

Will the same reception be there for Pandya and MI in Wankhede also? Is the crowd justified in this boorish behavior? We saw a frenzy of the crowd in the CSK match yesterday where despite CSK losing, the fans were happy to see Dhoni score runs.

Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai is an iconic landmark in the city. The stadium was inaugurated in 1975 and has been one of the mainstay cricket stadiums in India. The crowd at Wankhede has always been quite boisterous. They have cheered both sides in almost every match played here. But Mumbaikars have a special love for the Mumbai teams, whether it is the Mumbai Ranji team or the Mumbai Indians.

As much as they love their teams, the Mumbaikars love their cricketing icons more. Some of the most iconic crickets in India have come from Mumbai like Polly Umrigar, Vijay Merchant, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Ravi Shastri, Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma. Every time any local boy has played in Mumbai, the crowd has been behind him completely. The same is true of the Mumbai teams also. Every time Mumbai Indians have played on their home ground, the crowd has been behind them always.

So what will happen today? Waiting in anticipation!!!!

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